And it makes no difference how refined or educated or wealthy or infirm or aged a colored passenger may be, whether man, woman or child, he encounters the same unjust and unequal treatment at the hands of the railroads.
Grimké emphasizes that regardless of status, African Americans face the same unjust treatment in transportation.
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